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No injuries in Havasu house fire

Pam Wanner6 years ago1 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Fire caused extensive damage to a Lake Havasu City residence Monday. Personnel from the Lake Havasu City fire department responded at 1:00 p.m. to the fire in the 2000 block of College Drive. “The first arriving fire company reported smoke coming from the side garage door and heavy fire to the rear of the residence extending into the house,” a news release stated. Crews brought the fire under control within 13 minutes. Occupants evacuated the home safely and no injuries were reported. Cause of the fire remains under investigation. Dave Hawkins

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Benson runs Boston marathon at home

Ron Martin6 years ago2 mins

KINGMAN – Kingman’s Anna Benson ran her Boston marathon at home Saturday, since last Monday’s race in Massachusetts has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Benson and many others who registered for Boston ran virtual marathon’s that will be recognized with medals mailed by race officials once times are submitted by athletes. Benson’s friend Nikki Short decided to make Benson’s run a community event. “She said ‘since you have to run it anyway, we might as well make it fun.’” And Kingman did! As she meandered through the community Benson she was greeted by children on bicycles, folks sitting…

Armstrong out of Supervisor race

Pam Wanner6 years ago3 mins

Winner of Bishop-Andrews primary will face Ehrhardt in November general election MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jean Bishop will have opponents in the primary and general election after winning only one of the three lawsuits that alleged her prospective challengers failed to qualify for the August 4 primary ballot. Bishop filed three legal actions challenging the current election cycle candidacies of republicans Rick Armstong and William Andrews, and democrat Jack Ehrhardt. In each case, Bishop argued her prospective opponents failed to collect the minimum number of valid signatures on nominating petitions to qualify their campaigns. The…

Two more COVID-19 cases today, bringing total to 59 for Mohave County

Ron Martin6 years ago2 years ago1 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY, AZ (April 20, 2020) – The Mohave County Health Department MCDPH-Nursing staff was notified this afternoon of two more positive COVID-19 cases. (Despite the similarities, these are two different cases.) Both are in the Kingman service area and both are in the 65+ age range. However, the first case is hospitalized out-of state and the second case is in isolation, and recovering in a home also out-of-state. The two cases are unrelated and both have permanent addresses in Mohave County. No contacts have been identified within Mohave County. Based on information provided by the patients, both cases are travel-related. Please note that…

MCC planning virtual 2020 graduate recognition ceremony and other events

Ron Martin6 years ago3 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College will honor its 2020 graduates with three separate events. MCC will not be holding a traditional commencement ceremony in May due to the Coronavirus pandemic, instead the college will host a Virtual 2020 Graduate Recognition Ceremony to honor the students’ accomplishments. The online video ceremony will premiere at 3:00 p.m. May 15 via MCC’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/MohaveCC) and YouTube Channel (YouTube.com/MohaveCCVideos). “For those graduating we are so proud of you for what you have done and what you have accomplished, and we still want to do everything we can to celebrate you in many different formats and ways…

County virus count at 57; 3 deaths

Pam Wanner6 years ago2 years ago1 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY, AZ (April 20, 2020) – The Mohave County Health Department MCDPH-Nursing staff was notified this morning of two positive COVID-19 cases. The first is in the Lake Havasu City service area and the second is the Bullhead City service area. Both persons are in the 65+ age range and both are isolating and recovering at home. The Lake Havasu City case is epidemiologically-linked to another case. It is not known at this time if the Bullhead City case is travel-related, epidemiologically-linked to another case, or the result of community spread. MCDPH staff will soon be initiating the contact…

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No injuries in Havasu house fire

Benson runs Boston marathon at home

Armstrong out of Supervisor race

Two more COVID-19 cases today, bringing total to 59 for Mohave County

MCC planning virtual 2020 graduate recognition ceremony and other events

County virus count at 57; 3 deaths

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